LADIES’ BEDSTRAW FROM IRELAND  Galium

This is a different variety of Ladies’ Bedstraw than the Ladies’ Bedstraw that grows in America. This cousin to the new world Ladies’ Bedstraw is a kindred spirit with some common areas of service as well as its own unique gifts.    

Unlike the American version with its tiny white Flowers, this variety of Ladies Bedstraw is a rich golden yellow. Growing abundantly on Omey, its tiny Flowers create a golden haze of blossoms just above the low growing magenta Thyme blossoms that also cover the island. 

During the middle ages, Irish Ladies’ Bedstraw was used to facilitate easier childbirth. With its lovely perfume, it was also used as a fragrant stuffing for mattresses. Coumarin is part of its chemistry. Then and now this is a known anti-coagulant. However, in all my conversations with this Flower, it stressed that its greatest gift as a Flower Essence concern the mental body not the physical body. 

Ladies’ Bedstraw from Ireland explains, “I AM a great untangler of mental knots, anxieties, worries and other concerns that can fill the night hours when restful sleep would serve a better purpose. Consider me when your nighttime thoughts go in anxious, unsettled, agitated, or restless directions and sleep eludes you. I smooth and calm your mental field by helping you untangling and release habitual mental tangles. 

I AM a great help to chronic worriers. I help you unburden yourself from these worry habits. Yes, I get things untangled, released, and flowing in the mental body which of course makes physical clots and blockages that much more unlikely. This is because the underlying mental tangles which can lead to physical blockages have been released.”

I AM the complete untangling and full release of mental tangles. 

Ladies' Bedstraw from Ireland is part of Green Hope Farm's Sleep Trio.